Eschatology

Word ESCHATOLOGY
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Hyphenation es cha tol o gy
Pronunciations /ɛskəˈtɒlədʒi/

Definitions and meanings of "Eschatology"

What do we mean by eschatology?

The branch of theology that is concerned with the end of the world or of humankind. noun

A belief or a doctrine concerning the ultimate or final things, such as death, the destiny of humanity, the Second Coming, or the Last Judgment. noun

In theology, the doctrine of the last or of final things; that branch of theology which treats of the end of the world and man's condition or state after death. noun

The doctrine of the last or final things, as death, judgment, and the events therewith connected. noun

System of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death. noun

The study of the end times — the end of the world, notably in Christian theology the second coming of Christ, the Apocalypse or the Last Judgment. noun

The branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and Last Judgment; Heaven and Hell; the ultimate destiny of humankind noun

System of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death.

The study of the end times — the end of the world, notably in Christian and Islamic theology, the second coming of Christ, the Apocalypse or the Last Judgment.

1. The branch of theology that is concerned with the end of the world or of humankind. 2. A belief or a doctrine concerning the ultimate or final things, such as death, the destiny of humanity, the Second Coming, or the Last Judgment. Urban Dictionary

The study of the End Times. Urban Dictionary

The study of the End Times. Urban Dictionary

End Times driven by W. Instigate, provoke and harrass antagonists into cataclysmic end. Supplement with monumentally cruel and stupid self-inflicted economic wounds on US citizens (see also sub-prime, meltdown, TARP, bailouts, layoffs, bankruptcies, foreclosures, suicides, depression, Halliburton, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Israel, Iran). Urban Dictionary

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The word "eschatology" in example sentences

The study of last things is called eschatology from the Greek word eschatos, meaning "the last or extreme." ❋ Unknown (2010)

The term eschatology in our theological vocabulary refers to the study of the eschaton, or the end times. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In other words, in every case I can think of, eschatology is synonymous with war crimes and should be looked upon in the same light. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In a compressed pivotal dialectic, the form of Victorian eschatology is formulated coextensively with its own historical force — as, so to say, the inherent ❋ Unknown (2008)

If the goal is to interest more people in eschatology and bring the message of salvation to more people, then I pray God blesses those efforts. ❋ Andrew Beckner (2006)

The unfortunate fact of this sort of eschatology is that it encourages us to withdraw from the world — to become, in Carl Henry’s words, world-resisters rather than world-changers, a generation of enlightened spectators rather than empowered ambassadors. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This is what's called eschatology — a belief, or psychology, that we are approaching the End Time. ❋ Bret Stephens (2010)

In Sunday School today, we talked about conceptions and misconceptions relating to the eschatology, that is the study of things related to the end. ❋ Fr Timothy Matkin (2006)

This somewhat overheated "living-in-the-last-days" mentality is, however, vociferously opposed by another school of conservative Christian eschatology, which is called postmillennialism. ❋ Unknown (1995)

In theology we have many curious subdivisions; among the rest eschatology, that is to say, the geography, geology, etc., of the ❋ Oliver Wendell Holmes (1851)

In theology we have many curious subdivisions; among the rest eschatology, that is to say, the geography, geology, etc., of the "undiscovered country;" in medicine, if the surgeon who deals with dislocations of the right shoulder declines to meddle with a displacement on the other side, we are not surprised, but ring the bell of the practitioner who devotes himself to injuries of the left shoulder. ❋ Oliver Wendell Holmes (1851)

We often assume that his eschatology was the same as ours (well, that of modern Christianity) but in the original language that is far from clear. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This is what's called eschatology-a belief, or psychology, that we are approaching the End Time. ❋ JR (2010)

More broadly, eschatology may encompass related concepts such as [the Messiah] or [Messianic] Age, [the afterlife], and the soul. ❋ Kaoz22 (2006)

The [Eschaton] came like a [theif] in [the night]. ❋ G.Mann (2004)

The [Eschaton] [came] like a [thief in the night]. ❋ G.Mann (2004)

Bush Eschatology is the [endgame] for a certain group that wishes for the end of life as we know it. It is [kicked off] by a reaction to a [devil] in a blue dress. ❋ Lorenzo Di Medici (2008)

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